Police foil Jagan’s fast, shift him to hospital
GUNTUR: YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy’s indefinite fast was foiled in the early hours of Tuesday as the police practically lifted him up and took him to Government General Hospital (GGH) after his health deteriorated on the seventh day of fast. Jagan had been fasting for special category status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh.

With Jagan refusing to end the fast by taking oral supplements, doctors forcibly administered IV fluids.

Dr Naidu said that had Jagan continued the fast, it would have resulted in renal failure and he could have slipped into a coma as ketones touched 4-plus late on Monday night.

The BJP leaders from Rayalaseema are of the view that N Chandrababu Naidu’s government is not addressing the concerns of the four districts of the region, which are underdeveloped, properly on any issue, whether it is irrigation front or undertaking developmental projects. Hence, party leaders from the region have sought a fresh appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president Amit Shah by October end to have an audience with each of them separately, so as to urge them to protect the interests of Rayalaseema.

A delegation of BJP leaders from Rayalaseema will undertake a two-day visit to New Delhi by the end of this month so as to explain to our Delhi bosses how our region is being neglected by the State government on every front,” party State unit vice president K Kapileswaraiah told Express.

Alleging that the legitimate rights of the four districts of the region are being trampled by the TDP government, he said during their proposed visit to the national capital they would plead with the Centre to safeguard the interests of the region.

The argument of the BJP’s Rayalaseema leaders is that the State government is doing grave injustice to the backward region on irrigation front. According to them, the State government has been releasing water from the Srisailam dam, which has a dead storage level of 30 tmcft at present, to Nagarjunasagar, undermining the irrigation and drinking water needs of Rayalaseema.

The BJP’s Rayalaseema leaders alleged that the State government is doing this only to protect the interests of Krishna delta farmers.

At a time when the State government is claiming that the ongoing Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project would end the irrigation woes of drought-hit Rayalaseema, BJP leaders from the region held a contrary view.

Murthy garu this capital is being built on fertile lands and farmers are crying on the same. Jagan has been fighting for the same and he attending would send very wrong signals that he is fine with what has been done in land pooling / land acquisition

The Key point here is , does AP people want another contention point like Hyderabad? Amaravati is a future issue, in the lines of to whom it belongs to if regional feelings arise in future, why should the same mistake be repeated? The whole development to be concentrated around Krishna & Guntur/Vizag/Tirupati should be get rid off. Why should AIIMS be given to Mangalagiri when Vijayawada & Guntur are already having good amount of medical facilities? We will soon see huge gap between developed Vs non developed dists, which is the major contributor for Telangana movement.

YCP should not dilute ideology (decentralized development) just because it will receive criticism and it should have firm stand that capital city assets distributed across various districts. I dont think people will completely dismiss this thought process. Inspite of all the ridicule CBN faced on 2 eye theory he stood firm, ofcourse he has media backing, but having firm thought is required.

YCP diluting its stand & not sticking gun on single point is not allowing it to pick up issues and create a strong ground around it.

I think Jagan should skip the opening function. Reason is -Although he is not against Amaravathi as captial, he is opposing wastage of public money for extravaganza opening….and for opposing forced land grabbing of fertile lands.

In my opinion Jagan (same goes for KCR) should attend the function subject to following conditions:

1. Proper respectful treatment befitting his stature (e.g. prominent seat on podium, not third row seat etc.)
2. An opportunity to speak without any preconditions. He should use this to state his position on various issues briefly without too much rhetoric. The tone should be dignified but not look like surrender
3. Submit memorandum to PM Modi